fkie_cve-2015-3218
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2015-10-26 19:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
The authentication_agent_new function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and polkitd daemon crash) by calling RegisterAuthenticationAgent with an invalid object path.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| polkit_project | polkit | * |
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